The problem with allowing the pile-ups…to pile up!

Yet again another traffic jam- wouldn’t it be great if the authorities did something to stop this happening?- Well here’s some food for thought…

Commuters in and around Washington D.C. are about to experience a “transportation construction boom”* aimed at reducing congestion and therefore making the journey to and from work more smooth and stress free.

However, due to years of putting off such projects, the transportation department is now set to unleash a total of 548 projects on key commuter routes over the next 6 years-amounting to 11 years’ worth of projects. Such mammoth construction is set to cause significant disruption, even to the commuters whose routes will not be directly under construction, as cars on affected routes are set to divert and opt for an alternative route.

Plans are in place to ease the backlash during the construction period, including: carrying out road works at nightime, sending updates to mobile phones about expected delays and dispatching incident management crews.

The message to be learnt from Washington’s imminent transport future, is that ‘playing catch- up’ leads to double the trouble. Let’s hope that the UK recognises the importance of keeping up with new infrastructure provision before it is too late!